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JP New Release: "The Voodoo Doll" By Andrew Reeves

11/28/2017

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PREORDER ON AMAZON US
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The Voodoo Doll by Andrew Reeves is the official accompaniment to American bass metal act Off The Realm’s powerful new single of the same title. Andrew was commissioned to write his horrific little tale by Tim Black, frontman and mastermind of the US band. Tim’s vision was the creation of a song and story simultaneously, each to compliment the other. Andrew’s short punch of literature is based on the idea of Tim’s foreboding lyrics, which tell the dark tale of an evil voodoo doll who cannot be destroyed. Andrew’s tale echoes the theme and is best taken as a further incident of the doll - perhaps a sequel to the song - who is by Andrew’s description ‘crooked and old as the moon’ and has obviously been wreaking its own version of hell for many generations
From Jalapeño Publishing comes a terrifying tale.
Of possession, lust and death.
Stay away from the island. The Priestess and her dolls...
Start the New Year with a Scream!
PRE-ORDER YOUR COPY NOW!
Available to read New Year’s Day.
​Andrew’s male lead discovers a group of girls dancing naked on a lonely beach, gathering each night to perform a mindless parade around a fire. He soon realises the girls are being mind controlled by a mysterious woman in Priestess robes who conducts them from behind the rocks across the beach, an ancient voodoo doll clenched in her grip, choreographing the dancing girls’ display. Closer inspection reveals the Priestess is in a trance herself, clearly controlled by the eponymous little doll. And the male lead cannot help but turn up every night… is he the final piece of the little doll’s puzzle? Can either of them fight the mental dominion the evil doll holds over them and free the girls from their deadly fire dance – or will defying such ancient evil lead to death?
Readers who purchase Andrew’s terrifying tale will also be eligible to receive a free copy of Off The Realm’s new single, which features a spoken intro voiced by Andrew himself, informing the listener the doors have been locked for their own safety before Tim’s soul-shaking music blows the dust out of everybody’s ears!

You won't want to miss the story or the song!
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'Paradigm Grey': Groundbreaking Sci-Fi / Horror Series. World Premiere

11/27/2017

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​IMPAKT STUDIO  ANNOUNCES ITS WORLD PREMIERE EVENT OF “PARADIGM GREY”, A BLACK SCIENCE FICTION ANTHOLOGY 

Sci-fi and horror fans are starved for authentic films that depict black characters in non-stereotypical ways. Year after year, the Academy is getting in trouble for overlooking achievements of black artists. The Academy, in turn, points at the presumed lack of strong films. 
Even those films, that portray black characters, and / or written and produced by black artists, are often built on certain tropes. 
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One of such tropes is represented in "12 Years A Slave" (2013), a brilliant film that won three Academy awards, including the Best Picture. A deserving film all around as it is, it demonstrates that the mainstream consumer sees black characters mostly in the context of oppression.  Other black mainstream successes are Color Purple, Precious etc. 

WHEN: DECEMBER 2, 2017 AT 6PM.
WHERE: HAROLD WASHINGTON CULTURAL CENTER 4701 SOUTH KING DRIVE, CHICAGO

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Another trope is portraying black characters as 'Redshirts', disposable characters that are easy to kill off as a plot device. Paradigm Grey creator, producer, and director Christopher Adams reflects on it in the above featured video (at the 8.08 min mark), citing a black character being killed off in the very trailer of "Life" (2017).

One famous example of a film that received a lot of heat for introducing a disposable black character was Star Wars: The Force awakens. 
When the news of John Boyega playing a stormtrooper Finn broke out, there was much excitement. Finally a black lead character! To much disappointment, Finn dies in the film, while other white lead characters carry on. 

'Madea' is another film trope. Although made by the black artists, it is also made for the black community. As awesome as the films are, they offer one-dimensional perspective that does not translate well outside black Christian viewer. 
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"Boyz n the Hood" (1991) is an iconic film, a classic of it's time, but over 25 years later, films still follow its trope in portraying black characters in association with drugs and crime, and in best case scenario, with sports.


Paradigm Grey departs from all of those tropes, following in the footsteps of science fiction / horror classics like the Twilight Zone, the Outer Limits, and new smash hits like the Black Mirror. ​


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"Black Speculative Fiction, Horror and Sci-Fi represent a vastly underserved segment in cinema that is begging to be explored. African Americans fully support these genres but constantly complaining about the lack of quality representation. With the runaway success of Jordan Peele’s “Get Out” the world saw that there is a huge market for Black genre films. And with the massive anticipation of Marvel's “Black Panther”, Paradigm Grey is poised to be a groundbreaking new chapter in Black Cinema." - stated in the Paradigm Grey press-release. ​
Paradigm Grey is also a victory of collaboration and local production, so rarely seen these days in the film industry. Six Chicago-based Black Production Companies (IMPAKT STUDIO, SEI STUDIOS, BRIGHTSEED COLLAB, FILM BARREL STUDIOS, CASSANDRA BELL STUDIOS, 21H2), along with outstanding Chicago talent, have come together, pulling on shared resources and expertise. The Paradigm Grey features content from various genres: post apocalyptic, sci-fi futuristic, supernatural horror, political horror, social thriller to name a few.

For more information, go to www.ParadigmGrey.com or follow on Facebook and Instagram.   
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